The Incredible Family

The Incredible Family

Saturday, January 17, 2015

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!




Merry Christmas 2015


And the tradition carries on... Santa always sets up a barricade so the kids can't sneak out to peak.




We all got some fun stuff, Christmas morning is always lots of fun! 




Our super nice neighbor gave all the kids very thoughtful gifts.


She doesn't have grandkids and feels lucky to be able to treat my kids like grandkids.  WE feel like the lucky ones here.


 Here is Austin trying on all of his Christmas gifts at once.


These bumper cars were a HUGE hit!


Can't forget the dog.  Milo got a new bed and a bone.




Later Christmas day, good friends came over to visit and play.  Love these girls!


 Papa and Grandma Jeanne came to visit and stayed to enjoy Christmas dinner with us.  


Two days after Christmas, my family came for a visit. 




We played games, watched movies, ate delicious food and laughed a ton!


Gavin brought ping pong paddles and balls so he and Emma could play together, just like they did on our cruise.  It was such a fun idea.



 It's a crazy bunch - that's for sure.  

We had a TALENT SHOW!
 Austin showed off his break dancing skills.

Emma played the piano.

Gavin showed us how many times he could bounce that ping pong ball.  I think he stopped at 100, but could have gone higher.  

 Zach and Hunter did this...

Linsey played the piano.


Braydon made some strange duck like noises, I still can't figure out how.

Anthony showed off his juggling skills.


Our white elephant gift exchange was hilarious!

Anthony got Austin's white elephant gift (notice how Austin wrapped it with a picture of a white elephant - that was all his idea).  I'm glad Anthony ended up with this gift because when Austin picked it out, he had really hoped that Anthony would get it.  He kept talking about how funny it would be to see Anthony wearing it.


He resisted at first, but his wife wasn't about to let him get out of this.



Yeah, he's a good sport.



We said goodbye to all the Butlers and then hosted a New Years Eve party for the McInellys.  Talk about fun!




We started off NewYears Day by running a family friendly 5K.  That was a fun way to start off the new year and left us feeling guilt free to lay on the couch and watch football all day.




And now we are off to 2015!  Happy New Year!

1 comment:

Tara said...

Fun pictures! So great that you got to spend time with both sides of your family. What a memorable holiday.